Length-weight relationship of three stomatopod species from the Mumbai coast, India

Abstract Length-weight relationship (LWR) was estimated for three stomatopod species, namely Oratosquillina perpensa (Kemp, 1911), Harpiosquilla raphidea (Fabricius, 1798) and Miyakella nepa (Latreille, 1828) for the first time from the north-eastern Arabian Sea. Experimental fishing, using a shrimp...

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Published in:Crustaceana 2019-01, Vol.92 (9), p.1141-1149
Main Authors: Kesavan, S, Jenishma, J. S, Nirmal, T, Kamath, S. S, Xavier, K. M, Bhutia, T. P, Shenoy, L
Format: Article
Language:English
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Experimental fishing
Length-weight relationships
Marine crustaceans
Weight
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Summary:Abstract Length-weight relationship (LWR) was estimated for three stomatopod species, namely Oratosquillina perpensa (Kemp, 1911), Harpiosquilla raphidea (Fabricius, 1798) and Miyakella nepa (Latreille, 1828) for the first time from the north-eastern Arabian Sea. Experimental fishing, using a shrimp trawl, was conducted fortnightly during September 2017 up to April 2018 along the Maharashtra coast. A total of 821 samples were collected. Length-weight relationship showed good fit with coefficient of determination ( r 2 ) values varying from 0.9190 to 0.9612. In this study, b values ranged from 2.758 to 3.140. The LWRs of Oratosquillina perpensa and Miyakella nepa have not yet been reported in the SealifeBase.
ISSN:0011-216X
1568-5403
0011-216X
DOI:10.1163/15685403-00003931